Nerd News and Great Moments in Higher Education: UK University Course in Being Jedi

Funny headline for a funny story: "Bring your own light sabre." Blurb for you, young Padawan:

The UK's first Jedi course teaching personal development through a Star Wars syllabus will open to students at Queen's University in Belfast from November.

According to its publicity material, the course, Feel the Force: How to Train in the Jedi Way, teaches the real-life psychological techniques behind Jedi mind tricks.

It also claims to examine the wider issues behind the Star Wars universe, like balance, destiny, dualism, fatherhood and fascism.

I can't make this stuff up if I tried.